Homeopathic care for the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections in children: A pragmatic, randomised, controlled trial comparing individualised homeopathic care and waiting-list controls

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-238

  Steinsbekk, Aslak ^a   Fønnebø, Vinjar ^b   Lewith, George ^c   Bentzen, Niels ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Homeopathy; Pragmatic randomised controlled trial; Prevention; Upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; KALI MURIATRICUM EXTRACT; LYCOPODIUM EXTRACT; MEDORRHINUM EXTRACT; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MISCELLANEOUS DRUGS AND AGENTS; OPIATE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXTRACT; POKEWEED EXTRACT; PULSATILLA EXTRACT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM SULFATE; SPONGIA EXTRACT; STRAMONIUM; STREPTOCOCCINUM EXTRACT; SULFUR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TUBERCULINUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYCOPODIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; POKEWEED; PULSATILLA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 29744460933     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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